Improved packing foe joints of steam- and watek-pipes



PATENTED MAY 19, 1869'.

No; W95/L H. BROGARD. j PACKING POR JOINTS 0F STEAM AND WATER PIPBS;

mlm

` with grooves.

or less irregular conformation.

@nitri tette Qtttien-t @ffice l H Yrro LYTEBROGARD, `o.r "1 anis,` FRANCE.

:Leen-8 intent No. 77,954, mamy 1e, 186s.

IMPROVED TramontoV ros Jonrrs er. STEAM AND WATER-rires.

'ro ALL W-HoM 1'1 MAY coNoERN;

Be it known that 1,- Hzrom'rn Bnocni'w, of. Paris, in the Empire of France, have invented certain' new and-useful Improvements in Washel-S, oimeans of making the joints of -metal pipes and other rectal articlesv tight; and Ihereby deelarsthat theI following is a. full, clear, and exact description o`f the same, -r1efe rence S being had to the accompanyingdrawings. y i i .Y

This invention consists in the employnjien't` of. washers or pa'ckipgs of lead, shaped in rolls, with longitu- `dnal groove-s .and placed betwecn'thesurt'aces tti-'be joined. These washers being subjected to pressui.e, the

lem! lyiel'ds, uml impresses itself withl the surfaces unitedby the compression oftb,tighteningagcnt's u`se, 3o"

as to i'ollow'exactlj, the incre or less irregular conformation of the said'snrfaces. is thus constituted, without the use of white lead and yarn.

For some purposes, tho lead n'rashcr is formed from a strip of lead,thecross-section of which is that cfa L lozcnge; and again, for some purposes, thejvasher is in 'the form of wire. Theedges of the washer. should be started, in order that they'may .tit'together when bent into a circular or oval form.

and 3 of the accompanying drawings, represent several views of a strip of lead,0,' 4`o1nncd4 Figures` 1, 2,

Thisns'trip, placed behveen thc flanges b b" of tivo pipac'sec' tourbe connected. (see-Figure 4,) preserv'esfbeforierq being compressed, its original congu'ration; but if the' flanges b bbc tightened,'or brought closer together, byserews'or bolts, the strip a yielils, and the lead, owing to its great mallcnbility, and fnvoredfalso bythe longitudinal grooves of thc strip, impresses itself' into the surfaces of the flanges, following exactlytheir more The strip of lead is shaped, b y hand other form.

'In some casos I form tbe stripof lead of -lozenge-shap,in section, us represented` in Figures Sand 6, and

without grooves. This configuration is particularly adapted for valve-boxes.

To make a hermetic connection between a bolt or screif, Figure 8, and a plate, g, I take a. thin strip orI or otheriv'ise, according to the'configuration of the joint, and the ends are cut as represented at lgufigs. 1 end in order that they may ittogether when bent into a circular or wire of lead, similar to that shown in Figure 7, the m'alleability of Ywhich is such that it can be readily rolled i round the plain portion of theb'olt or screw, to obtain by compression a' tight connection. l

In the formation of the lead washers by moulding, they may be made cit-her straight o r sinuous, or of cir-` cular or oval form. Instead of the continuous rectangular 4edges of the grooves, the edges ofthe washers naa)r be formed with notches .or otherwise, ae'eordingto the purpose to which they are vto be applied. of grooves may also bc varied, (see Figures 9- and 10, andAFigures 11 and 12.)

l Figure 13 shows a washer of sinuous form, l

Figure 14 a circular, and Figure -15 an oval washer.

The `forms of washers shown in the drawings are merely given as examples. Many otherV forms may be conveniently adopted, the forza being chiefly dependent lupon the purpose to which the washer is to be anpliell.

And having now described the nature o f the lsaid invention, ana in'nhat manner the same is to be per-4 formed, I declare that I claim The employmentfas means of making the joints of mctalpipes and other` metal a'rticlcs tight, of washers or packings oi' lead, rolled, substantially in the manner hereinbefore described.

f In testimony whereof', I have signed my name to this specification before tivo subscribing witnesses.

H. BROCA'RD.

' Witnesses:

'A. RiconDEAU,

EDWARD HUNNrBoLr.

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